Fact and Opinion Articles
For our Unit 3 writing project we will focus on fact and opinion articles. You will use what you've learned about animals and ecosystems to help you begin your research and plan. You will need to choose with me an animal that you will write about. Each person in the class needs to choose a different animal. You will present your research and writing to the class. Please use the internet, our school library and the Montbello Library to conduct your research. The websites below should be a good starting point for your reasearch. ENJOY!!!
Official Web page of the U S Fish and Wildlife Service
Spotlight Endangered Species is a list from the US Fish and Wildlife Service. You can click on the animal names to find out interesting facts about their habitat, current efforts in saving the animal, future plans for conservation, threats, etc.
Polar Bears International
Polar Bears International is the world's leading polar bear conservation group—dedicated to saving polar bears by saving their sea ice home.
Click on "STUDENTS"
Beesprovide the pollination to help grow over 1/3 of the FOOD YOU EAT!!! Without bees we could all starve...read up to find out how and why you should help. Also visit http://operationbee.com/ to find out exactly how you can help.
Wild Horse Wars-- Wild horses are a national icon and symbol of strenght in our country. However the horses have no natural preditors and are destroying the environment and ecosystem for other animals. One man has been allegedly been selling our horses for slaughter. SEARCH in the search box for HORSES and listen to the story from Colorado Public Radio.
Bald Eagle flying with a fish in its talons.
Bald Eagles are also a national symbol for the United States of strength, pride, and honor. Once at the brink of being extinct they have now recovered. One of the reasons they were almost wiped out was due to the pesticide DDT we read about in class when we studied Rachel Carson. Read about how we saved this national icon.
Picture of mature African elephant bulls with long ivory tusks
Elephants - apart from humans are the only animal that cries. They also hold funerals for their dead. So find out why so many elephants are being killed for no good reason. Bring a box of tissues while you read this and please know the pictures are very graphic, and may not be suited for you to see and are not OK for little brothers and sisters to see.
Amur tiger lying in the snow.
Tigers, like elphants are being hunted and poached for no good reason. Read on to find out what's happening and why tigers may soon disappear without your help. Why is it importnant to save tigers? Click here to find out.
Panda Bears are in danger do to everything man is doing to destroy the environment: climate change, deforestation, illegal wildlife trade, pollution, overfishing, and oil and gas exploration. If we listen to why the pandas are endangered, we listen to a hurting earth.
Many kinds of dolphins are near exticntion for no good reason, FISHING! Yes, they get caught in the nets of fishermen trying to gather TUNA fish. There are not many laws on protecting dolphins during fishing. So when you buy tuna buy dolphin safe tuna, it may be a bit more $ but you'll be saving lives.
Killer Whales Although Killer Whales are not endangered, they are suffering from humans. They are in competition for their food sources for the same food that we are eating again FISH! So over fishing is causing many of these killer whales to have to travel father and father for food.
Frogs are a warning signal for what is wrong with our environment. Watching frogs is like taking our temperature, to see how sick we as a planet are. They are the canaries in the cole mines. (See Ms. Bailey for an explanation of canaries in cole mines-this is a great saying you should use). Read up on what's going on with our slimy cute friends.
Deer-OVERPOPULATION!
Deer in contrast to many other animals are HURTING our environment from overpopultation. Like wild horses they are eating everything in sight and killing off species of plants that are native to our Rocky Mountain region, and thus killing the animals that eat those plants. It's an interesting and different problem to have.
For our Unit 3 writing project we will focus on fact and opinion articles. You will use what you've learned about animals and ecosystems to help you begin your research and plan. You will need to choose with me an animal that you will write about. Each person in the class needs to choose a different animal. You will present your research and writing to the class. Please use the internet, our school library and the Montbello Library to conduct your research. The websites below should be a good starting point for your reasearch. ENJOY!!!
Spotlight Endangered Species is a list from the US Fish and Wildlife Service. You can click on the animal names to find out interesting facts about their habitat, current efforts in saving the animal, future plans for conservation, threats, etc.
Polar Bears International is the world's leading polar bear conservation group—dedicated to saving polar bears by saving their sea ice home.
Click on "STUDENTS"
Beesprovide the pollination to help grow over 1/3 of the FOOD YOU EAT!!! Without bees we could all starve...read up to find out how and why you should help. Also visit http://operationbee.com/ to find out exactly how you can help.
Wild Horse Wars-- Wild horses are a national icon and symbol of strenght in our country. However the horses have no natural preditors and are destroying the environment and ecosystem for other animals. One man has been allegedly been selling our horses for slaughter. SEARCH in the search box for HORSES and listen to the story from Colorado Public Radio.
Bald Eagles are also a national symbol for the United States of strength, pride, and honor. Once at the brink of being extinct they have now recovered. One of the reasons they were almost wiped out was due to the pesticide DDT we read about in class when we studied Rachel Carson. Read about how we saved this national icon.
Elephants - apart from humans are the only animal that cries. They also hold funerals for their dead. So find out why so many elephants are being killed for no good reason. Bring a box of tissues while you read this and please know the pictures are very graphic, and may not be suited for you to see and are not OK for little brothers and sisters to see.
Tigers, like elphants are being hunted and poached for no good reason. Read on to find out what's happening and why tigers may soon disappear without your help. Why is it importnant to save tigers? Click here to find out.
Panda Bears
Dolphins
Killer Whales
SAVE THE FROGS!
Deer-OVERPOPULATION!
Deer in contrast to many other animals are HURTING our environment from overpopultation. Like wild horses they are eating everything in sight and killing off species of plants that are native to our Rocky Mountain region, and thus killing the animals that eat those plants. It's an interesting and different problem to have.